Jesus declared, "I am coming quickly," some 2,000 years ago. Since then, some people have made incorrect attempts to guess when He will return. Others laughed it off. Was Jesus mistaken? Did something occur that He hadn't anticipated?
Obviously not! We look at time through the lens of our fleeting existence. However, according to the eternitarian God, "one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as one day" (2 Peter 3:8).
According to Jesus, the disciples had not received any clear instructions from God regarding "times or seasons" (Acts 1:7). He desired for them to have an attitude of expectancy, just as He desires for us. When he referred to Christ's second coming as "the blessed hope" (Ti. 2:13), Paul reiterated this.
But how do we go about doing that? Acts 1:8 gives Jesus' command to his disciples to serve as witnesses to everyone on earth. Paul advised Timothy to "watch and be sober" (1 Timothy 5:6) and to "love other believers" (vv. 12–15). John exhorted us to purify ourselves so that we would "not be ashamed before Him at His coming" (2:28) and to walk in close association with Jesus (1 Jn. 2:28-3:3).
The imminent return of the Lord is no reason to fix a date; rather, it calls for attentive anticipation. Let's live our lives for Him, and one day we'll hear Him say, "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:21).
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